99. NETSUKE EN BOIS REPRÉSENTANT UNE GUÊPE DANS UNE POIRE Par Sangetsu, milieu du XIXe siècle A WOOD NETSUKE OF A WASP IN A PEAR By Sangetsu, mid-19th century The pear of typical form, carved all over with ukibori pimples, the wasp eating its way through a large hole gnawed on one side, the reverse with several smaller gnawed holes, the wasp's eyes inlaid; signed in a raiseD oval reserve Sangetsu. 4.8cm (1 7/8in) high. 木彫根付　梨に雀蜂　銘「山月」　19世紀中期 Provenance: Gordon Fox Collection. Sold at Sotheby's, London, 23 October 1972, lot 114. Jacques Carré Collection. Purchased from Eskenazi, March 1993. Exhibited and Published: Eskenazi, Carré, p.174, no.229. NS19, p.84, no.149.